The quotes of the day

[Vawmataw]

Trrmaw oeyä tìfmetok lu ulte oeri ke srätx slä 'awpukìl ketsun pe'un oeyä zusawkrrit

Trray layu oeyä tìfmetok ulte (tsal) ke srätx oet taluna 'awa rìk ke tsun pive'un oeyä zusawkrrit.

[阿波]

a single sheet of paper can't decide my future

Ever heard "a pen is mightier than a sword?" One sheet of paper can "do" much more than just that...

[阿波]

"Nobody's right, if everybody's wrong."
-Buffalo Springfield?

I've been thinking recently about the "everybody can't be wrong" saying, and today, while for some reason paying attention to the lyrics (which I rarely do), of "For what it's worth," noticed this line. Why did the flower power days have to end?

[Vawmataw]

Sìk'ìnit nìtrrtrr ftke slivu lekye'ung. - 'Eylan Ayfalulukanä, according to Vawmataw

[Txantslusam Skxawng]

Try not to be forgetful


It's been happening to a lot lately.

[archaic]

Has it? I'd forgotten that.

 

[阿波]

While listening to some music by Deep Purple (inspired by Tìtstewan), one video had an interesting ad (of a washing powder brand).
"Who's the chef today?" - says the "host" to some children in a sandbox.
"I did make a cookie!" - one of them replies.
"Bravo! But who'll do the laundry?"

I realize "made" would sound more natural than "did make," but both "do" and "make" are "robić" in Polish, and it was the pivot of this "joke/pun(?)."
That's one of the reasons I stopped watching TV. The commercials are unbearable. Which is a shame, because some time ago, more ads were genuinely funny (even the "don't drive after drinking" ones).

[Txantslusam Skxawng]

That desert and dessert are two very different things

[Vawmataw]

Lole - Tirea Aean and Tìtstewan

[阿波]

"20 pounds."
"That is a bribe!"
"50 pounds."
"That is a deal!"
From Q

[Na'vin Nos'feratxu]

"Don't let today's disappointment cast a shadow on tomorrow's dream." ~Unknown

[Dreamlight]

"To love.  To be loved.  To never forget your own insignificance.  To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you.  To seek joy in the saddest places.  To pursue beauty to its lair.  To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple.  To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch.  To try and understand.  To never look away.  And never, never to forget."  --Arundhati Roy

[阿波]

Best Nike knock-off motto: "Just do that thing you said you'd do" 

[uniltiranyu aean]

"To cry isn't a weakness. It means you've been strong for too long."
Unknown

[Dreamlight]

I think most of us here can relate to this one:
"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons.  It all exists, even if it's in your mind.  Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?" --John Lennon

[uniltiranyu aean]

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
Michael Jordan

[Dreamlight]

"Weil du die Augen offen hast, glaubst du, du siehst."

"Because you have the eyes open, you believe you see."
   -- Goethe

[阿波]

My mnemonic for 矣 (classical final particle similar to modern 了, pronounced yi3): "eew, this particle is so old it has got covered in dust." (one of the characters for dust is 埃 (a bit more common nowadays, thus easier to remember), where it's the phonetic component)

[阿波]

Not sure if it qualifies as a quote, per se. It might be more of a saying:
"學海無涯"
Literally: sea of learning, no horizon. In other words, when you don't seem to see the limits of what you still have to learn. That's kinda how language learning feels to me some times.

[Dreamlight]

"Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it."  --Eleanor Roosevelt